Aging and Drug Therapy
Barbagallo-Sangiorgi, G.; Exton-Smith, A. N.
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Description for Aging and Drug Therapy
Paperback. Series: Physics of Solids and Liquids. Num Pages: 523 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1009.
One of the greatest advances in Geriatric Medicine during the last quarter of a century has been the increased realization of the possibilities of treatment for elderly patients. Neglect has been replaced by a more optimistic therapeutic endeavour and countless old people have benefitted from this approach. But there is also a drawback, and this is the risk of hazardous side effects of medication which are often directly proportional to the biological potency of the drug and may be unpredictably increased due to changes in the senile organism. In fact the anatomical and biological changes in old age alter both ... Read more
One of the greatest advances in Geriatric Medicine during the last quarter of a century has been the increased realization of the possibilities of treatment for elderly patients. Neglect has been replaced by a more optimistic therapeutic endeavour and countless old people have benefitted from this approach. But there is also a drawback, and this is the risk of hazardous side effects of medication which are often directly proportional to the biological potency of the drug and may be unpredictably increased due to changes in the senile organism. In fact the anatomical and biological changes in old age alter both ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
523
Condition
New
Series
Physics of Solids and Liquids
Number of Pages
523
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461297215
SKU
V9781461297215
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99-15
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